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# Now
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This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
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# let your servant stay instead of the boy as slave to my master
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"let your servant remain as a slave to my master instead of the boy"
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# let your servant
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Judah refers to himself as "your servant." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. Alternate translation: "let me, your servant" or "let me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
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# to my master
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Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." Alternate translation: "to you, my master" or "to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
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# let the boy go up
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It was going to use the phrase "go up" when speaking about traveling from Egypt to Canaan.
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